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Vital Voices features interviews with a wide variety of people talking about the subjects they are most passionate about in life.
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- 1 weeks ago17 min
Cyclosporiasis
Our topic is the recent outbreak of Cyclosporiasis in the United States, and our guest is Dr. William Schaffner, Professor of Preventive Medicine in the Department of Health Policy and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
- 2 weeks ago18 min
Meet K9 Buck
We learn about the valuable work of a new member of the police force in Johnson City, Tennessee.
- 3 weeks ago17 min
The Long Island Iced Tea Trail
Kingsport, Tennessee, lays claim to a recipe for Long Island Iced Tea that originated in the 1920s. We discover how city leaders are using that history to promote tourism.
- Jun 30, 202618 min
Larry Proffitt
We remember one of the leading figures in the field of Southern barbecue. Larry Proffitt, second-generation owner of Ridgewood Barbecue in Bluff City, Tennessee, died on June 20, 2026. The Ridgewood has been in the same location and in the same family since 1948.
- Jun 26, 202618 min
John U. Bacon (Part Two)
John U. Bacon's book The Gales of November is a New York Times non-fiction best-seller. In this second part of our interview, Bacon speculates about the causes of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which went down in the waters of Lake Superior on November 10, 1975.
- Jun 19, 202618 min
John U. Bacon
We contemplate the final hours of the freighter The Edmund Fitzgerald, with author John U. Bacon.
- Jun 12, 202618 min
Edith Bolling Wilson (Part Two)
In part two of our look at the life of First Lady Edith Bolling Wilson, a native of Wytheville, Virginia, we visit with Farron Smith. She and her husband Bill have taken on the mission of seeing that the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson is never forgotten.
- Jun 5, 202617 min
Edith Bolling Wilson
In the first of two programs, we explore the life and legacy of Edith Bolling Wilson, the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson, and we consider how she is remembered in her hometown of Wytheville, Virginia. Our guest is Dr. Adam Manuel from the Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Museum. This program includes a very rare recording of Edith's voice, from 1949.
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